Ronald Dworkin is a contemporary American scholar
of constitutional law. In Dworkin's book, Life's dominion: an argument
about abortion, euthanasia, and individual freedom, he argues on page
29 that there are two arguable aspects in abortion issue. The first concerns
whether the embryo has the two morally relevant qualities or not, benefits of
living continuously and rights to protect these benefits. If the answer to the
first question is yes, then we can get derivative objections against abortion
and the derivative reasons of allowing law to prohibit or to restrain abortion.
And then
here comes another query, is abortion sometimes wrong morally not because it
makes somebody unfair or non-right but because it denies and offends the
sacredness or irreverence of human lives? Suppose the second question is true,
this is detached objections against abortion and it can also hold detached
reasons which argue that abortion is illegal or it has to be regulated instead
of mentioning derivative objections and explanations.
On page 40, Ronald brings up the ideas of typical liberals
who are against abortion. They insist that abortion is always the serious moral
decision made at least after embryos' individual genetic qualities established
and successful embryo implantation.(usually about fourteen days following
pregnancy) From that time on, abortion means eliminating a human life that has
already begun. Only due to this cause, it involves in solemn moral expense.
It is by no means allowable to take abortion by
virtue of tedious and trivial reasons. Unless abortion is taken in order to
avoid tremendous harm, there are no excuses for abortion. The following are
false actions. A woman takes abortion because of a long-expecting journey to Europe,
being more comfortable when getting pregnant in other seasons, the embryo being
a girl and she wanting a boy and so on. (Ronald Dworkin, 2002)
Decision of abortion involves moral
aspects. Both derivative and detached objections stand against abortion. When
contemplating on whether taking abortion or not, we need to take embryos’
benefits of living and the holiness of human lives into account. Even though
somebody may think an embryo is not a complete life therefore does not equip
with human rights, but it is out there, just inside mother’s uterus. It is
certainly being. It deserves the basic rights to continue living which nobody
can deprive of.
As for the abovementioned motives for abortion, college
students may find other reasons other than merely boring and petty ones such as
economical burdens and psychological pressure. If students can find ways to
balance the difficulties, I think they should not give up their babies easily
since the action also entails mothers shouldering ethical loads and social
judgments. Abortion is not always the best refuge from the upcoming responsibilities.
Take them and let embryos proceed with their lives.
Reference:
Ronald
Dworkin. (2002). Life's
dominion: an argument about abortion, euthanasia, and individual freedom. (Ya-Ru Chen, Zhen-Ling Guo, Trans.)
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